Word: wield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...should be installed as soon as he gets settled in. Pipkin, who Dean Rosovsky appointed in June as the first associate dean of the Faculty for Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, is still very much the newcomer to U Hall, a haven for old administrative pros. He could come to wield enormous power--he is officially in charge of all undergraduate education--but for the moment he's still getting acquainted with the administrative ropes. "I spend most of my time now learning what goes on here," he says...
...amount of sterilized sociological data can refute the fact that inside the "intellectual mafia" the elite sometimes gangs up to wield its power in peevish and arbitrary ways. Still Kadushin's study should reduce some of the paranoia that frequently afflicts non-New York intellectuals. For example, the reasons that Jews account for one half of his list are historical and cultural, not part of some ethnic conspiracy. Moreover, some of the nastiest splits and squabbles in literary New York have occurred between Jews. When Commentary Editor Norman Podhoretz published Making It in 1968, for example, another Jewish editor...
...impeachment trial. Mansfield argued that both precedent and the 1868 rules have compromised the Senate's "sole power to try" the President by giving too much power to the Chief Justice. Some Republicans countered that this rule expressed a Democratic fear that Chief Justice Warren Burger would wield a pro-Nixon gavel...
...floater that he got stuck with. Of course, he did not get along well with his senior tutor; ever since he moved in, the tutor had gone out of his way to have an influence over his life. That was what Harvard was all about--who could wield the most amount of influence over others. And students had few opportunities to control professors or administrators. The system was just unfair...
...knowledge for almost a month that Simon would succeed George Shultz as Treasury Secretary-and the announcement by no means decides Simon's backstage battle with Budget Director Roy Ash for pre-eminence in economic policymaking. As the new Treasury chief (Senate confirmation seems certain), Simon may eventually wield more influence than any other economic official. But Ash has secured a promise from Nixon of an expanded role in policy formation...